Demystifying traditional herbal medicine with modern approaches

Nature Plants

Volumn 3, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Li, Fu Shuang ^a   Weng, Jing Ke ^a,b  

^a WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT;

CHINESE MEDICINE; DRUG INDUSTRY; EVOLUTION; HERBAL MEDICINE; HISTORY; HUMAN; MEDICINAL PLANT; TRENDS;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; DRUG INDUSTRY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 85026659438     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20550278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nplants.2017.109     Document Type: Review

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